Tuesday evening:
Tuesday night was the first session of the 6 week bike training program that I signed up for at a local bike shop in our area which is round number two for me this winter season. I provided a link here to Village CycleSports website that has detailed info about all their winter program courses: http://villagecyclesport.com/ and I have a also provided a link to the CompuTrainer website which is the equipment they use for this training:
The class I’m taking on Tuesday nights is know as "@threshold" which is a 90 minute training program focusing on raising your cycling threshold level with a lot of 3 to 4 minute 90 to 110% repeats thrown in throughout the 90 minutes and a 17 minute plateau tempo session near the end at 90% of your current cycling ability wattage which mine tested last Saturday at 282 watts. Also in the middle of the class we had 6 - 15 second "stomps" up to 150% of your wattage threshold tested, good fun!
I focused on cadence the whole ride because the wattage rating changed much too quickly and over a larger number span. Since you do not shift during this class its easier to focus on this 100%. In the 90 minute class I averaged a perfect cadence of 90 rpm with my max being 124rpm during a "stomp" (max wattage then at 665) plus my average HR was 128bpm with a max ride HR on one of those short 150% stomps was 154bpm. My mileage covered during this session was 25.5 miles for an average rate of speed of ~17mph. Above is my usual techy graph for your viewing pleasure, click on it for the bigger picture...Now that sure was one tough and satisfying workout.
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just the sound of something called a "STOMP" is enough to make me whimper.
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